a photographic volume travels over again the history of the port of Livorno



Photographers Vittorio Piccolo and Mario Bellagotti have realized let alone collected in a volume a series of photos of the port of Livorno which took beginning from the end of the 800, period in which the port of call was only developed around the city: the Tower of the Marzocco appeared far kilometers and kilometers from the industrial context and on the smoothed one of the Mediceo Pier made the best impression of himself tens of sail ships; in front of the windjammers moored the Red House was the Eating house "" that accommodated the sailors starved, and under I will do so as could notice the first bathing establishment of Livorno, the Elvira Bathrooms, approachable only by sea from the Bellana.

The photographic, published album from the Harbour of Livorno and cured Authority from in charge of the promotion of the agency, Roberto Lippi, contains more than 100 releases and today shows the historical evolution of the livornese harbour territory from the end of the 1800's. The old photos have been drafts from the material conserved near the photographic archives of the Civil Genius for the Marine structures, of the Leighorn Library, the Public Records Office and the private Collection Milani.

"Ours - it has declared one of the authors, Mario Bellagotti - it has been a patient job chasing. In last the seventy years the Leighorn port of call quickly has radical changes with demolitions and fillings. It has not been easy to realize the current releases with the same angle of resumption with which the photos of the age were made: we consider however that in the work it is possible to have I confront unknown between the new one and the old port".

"The city of Livorno - architect Riccardo Ciorli has explained, of the Public Records Office - is born not vice versa from its port and. The sequela of photographies that are run after in the album they are as a modern Stargate: the same image of fifty, sixty years ago is reproposed so as it is anticipated today. The overlap between anticipates and passed it affords us to know sure angles of our truth of which we ignored the existence. Plaudo to who today it has had the beautiful idea to promote this book".

Also the external leader reports and promotion of the harbour authority, Gabriele Gargiulo, has expressed satisfaction for the carried out job: "draft - it has confirmed - of a meticulous job certosino that it offers to perspectives and unknown historical ends to us of Livorno. The initiative inside re-enters of the project of opening of the port to the city, Opened Port, and goes to join to the projects with which, beginning from August, we have intended to value the Old Fortress, entrusted well in management to the Harbour Authority".

In occasion of the today's presentation of the volume moreover the photo exhibition "Livorno is inaugurated: I confront between the old and new port" that it will remain exposed in Old Fortress, in the Room of Capitana, until next 12 January. The exposure reproposes some of the more meaningful releases of the photographic album.